Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Medicine is not a science; ordinary clinical care is not (and should not be) experimentation with the goal of discovering general principles.But a contemporary physician's professional duty includes an orientation towards science-a willingness to consult, to know, and to appropriately employ available evidence in the practice of medicine.Sackett defines evidence-based practice as "the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values" [1].To use evidence properly, clinicians need to share evidence with patients so that they can make wellinformed choices about their care.Evidence is ethically essential to informed consent, and employment of evidence is an ethical duty of the clinician.
Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic
Authors: Aron C. Sousa, Alice Dreger
Institution: Michigan State University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W154940588